Display card device for bobby pins or the like



D. CL EVANS June 13, 1961 DISPLAY CARD DEVICE FOR BOBBY PINS OR THE LIKE Filed Aug. 14, 1958 INVENTOR. Douq las Charles Evans BY Afforneqs United States Patent 2,988,210 DISPLAY CARD DEVICE FOR BOBBY PINS OR THE LIKE Douglas C. Evans, Appleton, Wis., assignor to scolding Locks Corporation, Appleton, Wis., a corporation of Wisconsin Filed Aug. 14, 1958, Ser. No. 755,084 1 Claim. (Cl. 206-66) This invention relates to the display of bobby pins or other similar articles which are often mounted on cards for display and sale.

One object of the present invention is to provide a new and improved card display device which is arranged so that several display cards may be hung simultaneously with great facility on a peg or similar hanger.

A further object is to provide a new and improved card display device which is arranged so that the cards are connected together in superimposed aligned relation for ease in hanging the cards, yet are easily separable for individual sale after the cards have been hung.

Another object is to provide a new and improved card display device which effects substantial economies in the display of bobby pins or the like, yet is simple and low in cost.

Further objects and advantages of the present invention will appear from the following description, taken with the accompanying drawings, in which:

FIG. 1 is an elevational view of a card device for displaying bobby pins or the like, to be described as an illust-rative embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a somewhat diagrammatic side view illustrating the manner in which the cards are hung on a peg or other hanger;

FIG. 3 is a fragmentary elevational view showing the upper portion of the display device in its original condition, with a plurality of cards secured together in superimposed aligned relation;

FIG. 4 is a view similar to FIG. 3, but showing the manner in which the cards are separated after being hung on the peg or other hanger; and

FIG. 5 is a fragmentary sectional view, taken generally along a line 5-5 in FIG. 3.

As already indicated, the drawings illustrate a card device for displaying bobby pins 12, or the like. It will be apparent from FIG. 5 that each device 10 comprises several cards 14 secured together in superimposed aligned relation. In this case, each device 10 comprises a pack of six cards 14, but any suitable or convenient number of cards may be employed.

The cards 14 may be of any suitable shape, but are shown as being substantially rectangular. The cards 14 are suitably perforated or otherwise formed to hold the bobby pins or other articles which are to be displayed and sold on the cards. Thus, each illustrated card is formed with a plurality of vertical slits 16 therein, so that the bobby pins 12 may be inserted through the slits and thereby clipped onto the card. Short horizontal slits 18 extend in one direction from the upper and lower ends of the vertical slits 16. With this arrangement, the vertical slits 16 may be opened to a considerable width for easy mounting and removal of the bobby pins from the cards. In effect, the slits 16 and 18 form tabs 20 on which the bobby pins are mounted.

The cards 14 are formed with aligned hanger openings 22 which are preferably located adjacent the upper ends of the cards. With this construction, a large number of the cards may be hung on a peg 24 for display and sale. In this case, each opening 22 comprises an elongated horizontal slot 26 with a rounded portion or notch 28 extending therefrom. With this arrangement, the peg 24 may take the form of either a round bar, as illustrated, or a relatively thin, fiat bar.

Of course, the peg might also assume various other forms.

To hold the cards 14 together in superimposed aligned relation, each card is formed with an integral tab 30 which projects from one edge thereof. As shown, the tabs 30 project upwardly from the upper edges of the cards. The tabs 30 are suitably secured together, as for example, by the illustrated staple 32. Of course, other fastening means may be employed.

With this arrangement, the entire pack 10 of cards may readily be hung on the peg 24 in one operation, without any special attention to the alignment of the openings 22. By virtue of the joined tabs 30, the openings 22 will be aligned automatically. After the cards .14 have been mounted on the hanger 24, the tabs 30 may be ripped off to separate the cards for individual sale. The removal of the tabs may be facilitated by scoring, perforating, or otherwise weakening the cards along the bases of the tabs. In this case, each card is perforated by a line of slits 34 along the base of the tab 30. Thus, all of the tabs 30 in the pack 10 may readily be ripped off simultaneously after the pack has been slipped onto the hanger 24.

It will be apparent that the present invention greatly facilitates the hanging of display cards. In this Way, there is a substantial saving in time in making up displays of bobby pin cards or the like. At the same time, very little additional cost is involved in producing the display card device of the present invention.

Various other modifications, alternative constructions and equivalents may be employed without departing from the true spirit and scope of the invention as exemplified in the foregoing description and defined in the following claim:

I claim:

An article packaging and display device, comprising a plurality of superimposed display cards, each of said cards having means thereon for receiving a plurality of articles to hold and display the articles on the card, said cards having aligned openings adjacent the upper ends thereof for hanging said cards on a peg or the like, superimposed tabs formed integrally with said cards and projecting upwardly from the upper ends thereof, and a fastener securing said tabs together so that all of said cards may convenien-tly be hung on the peg simultaneously, said fastener being near said openings so as to maintain them in alignment, said tabs having weakened portions along the bases of said tabs so that said tabs may readily be ripped off said cards to separate said cards after they have been hung on the peg, said aligned openings in said cards being disposed near but spaced from the bases of said tabs, said cards thereby having portions between said openings and the bases of said tabs so that said tabs may be ripped off said cards without affecting said openings, and while said cards remain on the peg.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 888,821 Kleine May 26, 1908 2,350,275 Eppy May 30, 1944 2,662,596 Weaver Dec. 15, 1953 2,817,432 Grigsby Dec. 24, 1957 FOREIGN PATENTS 384,779 Great Britain Dec. 15, 1932 669,904 Great Britain Apr. 9, 1952 

